Brother Quote by Gianluigi Donnarumma

I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.

— Pep Guardiola

When I was nine or ten, I had a chat with my coach and I asked if I could play in goal. I started…

— Ederson

I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches…

— Tim Howard

I started to play, like all kids do, not as a goalkeeper. I liked scoring goals; in the end, it's all about scoring goals.

— Gianluigi Buffon

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we…

— Edin Dzeko

Sometimes I played as a goalkeeper with my brother and his friends - they were all older, and nobody wanted to go in goal,…

— Carles Puyol

I started playing in goal because I 'struggled to run as fast as the strikers and the other players out there. I was 10…

— Ederson

When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.

— Ada Hegerberg

I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia.

— Daniela Hantuchova

I knew I wanted to coach at an early age.

— Sean McDermott

My uncle took me onto the Castellammare pitches, holding my hand, and gave me the passion for this sport. I was only four but…

— Gianluigi Donnarumma

I've played soccer since I was five.

— Cameron Bright